because of the rise in social security taxes. if you earn 50,000 bucks a year. you have $1,000 less to spend in 2013. a household with two workers will average about $4,500 less in their paychecks. finally job growth sluggish, unemployment likely to remain around 8%. again, it's according to the associated press. president obama has spent approximately $5 trillion trying to stimulate the economy. that's taxpayer money. we will never see again. because of all the federal spending, president obama has added $5.8 trillion to the debt in just four years. so this is grim. america is in a bad place economically. but the folks don't seem to care. new "the washington post" poll says 60% of americans have a favorable opinion of president obama. that's a 3 year high. now, that approval may go down due to the sinking economy. there is no question americans like barack obama they are cutting him a tremendous amount of slack. could be style over substance because the president's achievements have been few. obama care is the law. we all know that. but corporations like boston